Dr. Allen Quesada

Dr. Allen Quesada Pacheco is a researcher and tenured professor at the School of Modern Languages, University of Costa Rica (UCR). He currently serves as the Chair of the School of Modern Languages and previously held the position of Dean of the Faculty of Letters. Dr. Quesada earned his Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, and an M.Sc. in Educational Technology from the University of Kansas (KU). As a Fulbright scholar, he also completed an M.A. in TESOL at New York University (NYU) and holds a B.A. in Teaching English from the UCR. In recognition of his significant contributions to the field of education and innovation, Dr. Quesada was honored in 2022 with the Institutional Commemorative Medal of UCR's 75th Anniversary, under the category "Education: Innovation in the Mission of Training New Professionals." Dr. Quesada brings extensive teaching experience across various EFL programs at the University of Costa Rica. His research focuses on technology-enhanced EFL learning, bilingualism, telecollaboration, and digital language testing. For over 25 years, Dr. Quesada has been at the forefront of developing CALL (Computer-Assisted Language Learning) materials, notably as the creator of the web-based programs CyberlabKIDS and CyberlabTEENS (http://cyberlab.ucr.ac.cr), Phonics for the Ministry of Education (MEP) (http://cyberlab.ucr.ac.cr/phonics), and Netgrammar (https://cyberlab.ucr.ac.cr/netgrammar). 

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